386th Auction

1881, Prince Carol 15 b. rose-brown tied on envelope by blue ‘CALAFAT 3/OCT/81’ c.d.s., on reverse transit mark BUCURESCI 5/OCT/81 and arrival mark ROSIORI DE VEDE 6/OCT/81 in blue, shortened at right and vertical creases not affecting the stamp, otherwise fine

1922, Ferdinand I. clour varieties 6 l. blue instead of brown-olive and 10 l. red instead of blue, unused, fine pair

1922, Ferdinand I. five pairs and strip of three, horizontal or vertical imperf, unused and mint never hinged, fine group

1945, Aparea Patriotica 20-100 l. on white paper, complete miniature sheet set, mint never hinged, fine

1945, Aparea Patriotica 20-100 l. on grey paper, complete miniature sheet set, mint no gum as issued, fine

1892, Incoming Mail: two postcards bearing 20 pa. and 2x10 pa. 1892 issue from Smyrne and Constantinople via CONSTANTA to Bucuresci in 1900 each with arrival mark, fine pair

1913, Romanian franchise stamps for the organizing committee of the Silistra Memorial Fair SCUTIT 1913, mint never hinged block of six, fine

1916, 10 bani brown postal stationery parcel card tied by BUCUREST 28.3.16 c.d.s., framed FRANCO alongside, ms. Via. GIURGIU, transportet via Danube and black sea with arrival mark CONSTANTINOPEL COLIS ARRIVES 13.4.1916 on reverse, some border crease and tiny toned, otherwise fine and a scarce parcel destination to Turkey

"BUDEU 10/2, clear cancellation on 30 par. blue, trimmed at bottom, otherwise fine

“FRANCO BOTOSCHANI”, clear cancel in black on 30 par. blue, plate printing, full margins on three sides, thin on top left, otherwise fine

“LLOYD AGENZIE / KUSTENDJE 8 AUG” cds. in black on 1867, Danube & Black Sea Railway 20 pa. black / green on piece, small crease, with usual rough perforations, a very attractive and scarce item

"COSPOLI PORT 30 MAR 1912", three-line on 1912 Turkey postal stationey card 20 pa. rose to Botosani with arrival mark, text in hebrew, tiny crease at left, otherwise fine roumanian Constantinople port cancel

"PAZARCIC" Romanian Occupation Bulgaria, 5 ba. green on postcard with blue censor via Varna with arrival mark, very fine

“TURTUCAIA” Romanian occupation Bulgaria, 5 ba. green postcard to Bucharest, fine

1874,  5 Kr. red on envelope tied by WIEN 6/10/74, red crayon “12½” and black JNSUFFISAMENT AFFRANCHIE alongside, to Bucharest with taxe mark ‘40 Bani’ on front, arrival mark 9/10 on reverse. Flap tiny flaw, otherwise very fine

1896, Prince Carol complete set of three stamps with violet and black overprints, each unused and used, additional four used stamps showing overprint varieties, shifted and diff. colours

1896, first issue 10 pa., 20 pa. and 1 pia. with black overprints on romanian stamps for a postal Agency in the harbour of Constantinople on cover, tied by clear POSTA ROMANA COSPOLI 3 APR 96 c.d.s. Sent to Bucuresci, on reverse transit mark CONSTANTA-BUCURESCI AMB.No.XIV 4 APR 1896, fine

1908, "CONSPOLI-CONSTANTA-BUCURESCI" c.d.s. on picture postcard from Constantinople with 1908 Austrian Levant 20 pa. pink to Graz, fine

1919, Konstantinopel complete set of six values on registered postcard tied by POSTES ROUMANES CONSTANTINOPLE 23.10.1919, negative censor and arrival mark Bucuresci 27.10.19, tiny crease, otherwise fine, a scarce usage

1920, Konstantinopel complete set of five values plus Mi. 6 without overprint on registered stamp dealer envelope tied by POSTES ROUMAINES CONSTANTINOPLE 25.5.920, addressed to Germany with violet twoliner “Vom Auslande über Dresden” and threeliner “Zurück / Einfuhr von Briefmarken verboten 4”, on reverse torn German postal label for opening and control, retour to Turkey with arrival mark POSTES ROUMAINES CONSTANTINOPLE 20.8.920 on reverse, few crease, one stamp toned perfs, otherwise fine, a very scarce usage and destination of this issue, shipping to countries other than Romania is unrecorded in PROFI

1858, 10 kop. brown & blue perf. 12½ on entire letter from St. Petersburg to Wasa Finland, a fresh and fine adhesive, cancelled by numeral obliterator '1' of St. Petersburg with despatch datestamp in red alongside. An attractive cover

1864, 5 k. black and lilac without watermark, unused, small thin spot, otherwise fine

1884, 3.50r black & gray and 7r black & orange, on vertically laid paper, used with c.d.s. postmarks, the 3.50 r. with further red pen stroke, each with small violet handstamp on reverse, trivial flaws, else fine and scarce. (Scott 39, 40)

1944, first flight registered cover from Moscow to Damascus, Teheran Conference 3 r. and 30 k. tied by MOSCOW 17.1.44 c.d.s., french Poste Aux Armees 21.1.1.1944 arrival mark on reverse, additional markings including bilingual France Libre Mission Militaire en U.R.S.S. and red FF cachet, violet french censor Syria. Fine and scarce

1881, reprint 20 k. with fake perforation. Opinion Mikulski

“NAGASAKI 18.NOV.97 JAPAN” cds. on Russia 1897 7 k. blue and 3 k. carmine-rose on cover originating from Vladivostok with boxed "PAQUEBOT" and YOKOHAMA 22.11.97 c.d.s. alongside, via "Gensen", Korea (where the Paquebot) was applied, forwarded to Hannover, very fine, with arrival postmark 8/12/97. A very rare ship cover

“PAQUEBOT ADEN 5.OCT.35”, clear strike on 20 k. on 14 k. deep blue carmine on maritime cover  to Aden with arrival postmark on reverse. Philatelic influenced, but an unusual ship cover, very fine

1922, Chita issue 10 kop. blue and red, wide margins on all sides, tied by clear “CHITA VOKTZ 31.7.22” to Esperanto cover, on reverse transit mark Moscow and violet “TRANSBAJKALA SOCIETO ESPERANTO”, addressed to Frankfurt, tiny border crease, otherwise fine and attractive

1908/12, SHANGHAI POSTE RUSSE cancellations on 19 stamps and pairs on piece, including margin stamps, fine lot

1865, ROPiT 2 pi. blue & rose without rose underlying below "R.O.P.iT.", fresh colour and large margins all round showing part of the cutting lines on three sides, fold in the upper part, tied by framed "P.P." in black (Tchilinghirian fig. 148) and two strikes of "COMPAGNIE RUSSE DE NAVIGATION SMYRNE" c.d.s. in black (Tchilinghirian fig. 150) to outer letter sheet to Mersina. The rare datestamp of Smyrna is described by Tchilinghirian to be used in blue and was thought to be used only on incoming mail to Smyrna which is here proved not to be the case. In spite of its faults a rare and appealing cover.

1863, 6 k. pale blue with central blue KONSTANTINOPEL 14 JUL 1864 datestamp, well to wide margins, heavy thin, otherwise fine, good appearance
 

1886/93, 3 k. green, two stamps Velsk province Vologda Zemstvo, plus one Kadnikof, clear cancelled, fine group

1884, Kadnikov 4 kop. grey postal stationery envelope (143 x 115 mm) and two color trial proofs light green and deep green, tiny border toned, otherwise fine

1922, 100.000 rub. auf 250 rub. block of nine, corner margin, plus six stamps performing 1.500.000 rub. rate on registered cover from Moskwa 13.9.1922 to Leipzig, tiny border crease, otherwise fine and attractive

1940-41, 10+10 Kop. deep blue, 20+20 Kop. red and 30+30 Kop blue, three complete unfold postal stationery answering cards, a very fine and scarce trio

1851/57, 5 folded letters from Nis to Aleksinac with various handwritten annotations in envelope